In the latest incident, Federation of Australian Science and Technological Societies executive director Anna-Maria Arabia received an email today saying she would be “strung-up by the neck” and killed for her promotion of mainstream climate science.

The threat was emailed to her this morning before a “Respect the Science” campaign at Parliament House in Canberra today.

At its annual gathering in Canberra today, the Federation of Australian Science and Technological Societies will tell politicians that the campaign being run against scientific evidence of man-made climate change ”is undermining the national building work of all scientists”…

So who is this Arabia, so concerned about sceptics undermining the “national building work” and so eager to smear them as “climate denialists”, of all things? …

And what’s her scientific expertise, that she can denounce sceptical scientists as a threat to all scientists everywhere?

Previous to her work in politics, she was an assistant director in the Department for Health and Ageing; a research officer in the Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne; and a Project co-ordinator at the Embassy of Italy. Her academic background is in science, with a focus in pharmacology and neuroscience and was a doctoral candidate at Melbourne and Baker MRI.

Seems a bit thin.

Bolt goes on to compare Arabia’s scientific record with Richard Lindzen’s. But that’s not the appropriate comparison. If we want to compare her scientific expertise with that of someone commenting on climate change, the obvious comparison is with Andrew Bolt. And what’s Andrew Bolt’s expertise in science?

When Bolt returned he started his Arts degree at Adelaide University, taking subjects in philosophy, German, music, and politics. … Bolt didn’t persist with his tertiary studies. At the end of his first year he received a cadetship offer from The Age newspaper in Melbourne, almost 12 months after he had first applied.

That’s right — he dropped out after a year of Arts and has no expertise in science whatsoever.

As for Lindzen, if you compare him with other climate scientists, he ranks 136 on this list.

1. Where’s the evidence that climate folks are getting death and rape threats?
2. If it’s true, it’ll be shocking! But where’s the evidence?
3. Yeah, I know the Daily Telegraph published a counterfactual story downplaying the threats. Therefore it’s very possible the threats are false!
4. Yeah, the threats seem to be real! But I refuse to be shocked by them, unless you’re also shocked by climate scientist Ben Santer saying something in private to another climate guy!
5. Threats? What threats? What are you talking about? We’re talking about ice ages here man!
6. Ice age! Ice age! I’m adult! You’re kids! I’m adult! You’re kids! I’m adult! You’re kids! Kids! Kids! Kids! Kids! Kids! Kids! Kids! Ooh, look, I’m so mature, you’re so immature!
7. Rape threats? What rape threats?
8. I refuse to take a strong stand against death and rape threats against climate folks, and I refuse to find ways to stop such threats! Anyone who wants me to take a strong stand against such threats is obviously himself a closet supporter of child rapists!
9. Rape threats? What rape threats?
10. Oi, moderator! Please stop these people from saying I support child rape! I feel so offended!
11. Your summary of my points makes no sense!
12. Boo-hoo! Why can’t we respect one another and have a proper discussion? I’m asking an honest question! Honestly!
13. Ooh, look, I can hurl abuse too!
14. Not only that, I can get one of my pals to call himself “Jesus H. Christ, Almighty” and hurl abuse!
15. Rape threats? What rape threats?
16. Go to 1.

— frank

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Gaz:

Indeed, GSW continues to show how ‘shocked’ he is at the death threats and rape threats made against climate folks and their children, but only as long as the threats don’t exist.

Unfortunately, in the face of such scurrility, the victims’ response has continued to be totally tepid…

1. Where’s the evidence that climate folks are getting death and rape threats?
2. If it’s true, it’ll be shocking! But where’s the evidence?
3. Yeah, I know the Daily Telegraph published a counterfactual story downplaying the threats. Therefore it’s very possible the threats are false!
4. Yeah, the threats seem to be real! But I refuse to be shocked by them, unless you’re also shocked by climate scientist Ben Santer saying something in private to another climate guy!
5. Threats? What threats? What are you talking about? We’re talking about ice ages here man!
6. Ice age! Ice age! I’m adult! You’re kids! I’m adult! You’re kids! I’m adult! You’re kids! Kids! Kids! Kids! Kids! Kids! Kids! Kids! Ooh, look, I’m so mature, you’re so immature!
7. Rape threats? What rape threats?
8. I refuse to take a strong stand against death and rape threats against climate folks, and I refuse to find ways to stop such threats! Anyone who wants me to take a strong stand against such threats is obviously himself a closet supporter of child rapists!
9. Rape threats? What rape threats?
10. Oi, moderator! Please stop these people from saying I support child rape! I feel so offended!
11. Your summary of my points makes no sense!
12. Boo-hoo! Why can’t we respect one another and have a proper discussion? I’m asking an honest question! Honestly!
13. Ooh, look, I can hurl abuse too!
14. Not only that, I can get one of my pals to call himself “Jesus H. Christ, Almighty” and hurl abuse!
15. Rape threats? What rape threats?
16. Go to 1.

1. Where’s the evidence that climate folks are getting death and rape threats?
2. If it’s true, it’ll be shocking! But where’s the evidence?
3. Yeah, I know the Daily Telegraph published a counterfactual story downplaying the threats. Therefore it’s very possible the threats are false!
4. Yeah, the threats seem to be real! But I refuse to be shocked by them, unless you’re also shocked by climate scientist Ben Santer saying something in private to another climate guy!
5. Threats? What threats? What are you talking about? We’re talking about ice ages here man!
6. Ice age! Ice age! I’m adult! You’re kids! I’m adult! You’re kids! I’m adult! You’re kids! Kids! Kids! Kids! Kids! Kids! Kids! Kids! Ooh, look, I’m so mature, you’re so immature!
7. Rape threats? What rape threats?
8. I refuse to take a strong stand against death and rape threats against climate folks, and I refuse to find ways to stop such threats! Anyone who wants me to take a strong stand against such threats is obviously himself a closet supporter of child rapists!
9. Rape threats? What rape threats?
10. Oi, moderator! Please stop these people from saying I support child rape! I feel so offended!
11. Your summary of my points makes no sense!
12. Boo-hoo! Why can’t we respect one another and have a proper discussion? I’m asking an honest question! Honestly!
13. Ooh, look, I can hurl abuse too!
14. Not only that, I can get one of my pals to call himself “Jesus H. Christ, Almighty” and hurl abuse!
15. Rape threats? What rape threats?
16. Argh, how dare you use my non-condemnation of child rape as a rhetorical stick to whack me with!
17. Go to 1.

Oh yeah right, you weren’t defending threats of child rape, you were criticizing those threats but only on the condition that the threats didn’t exist.

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Shorter GSW, edition #52452478568285:

1. Where’s the evidence that climate folks are getting death and rape threats?
2. If it’s true, it’ll be shocking! But where’s the evidence?
3. Yeah, I know the Daily Telegraph published a counterfactual story downplaying the threats. Therefore it’s very possible the threats are false!
4. Yeah, the threats seem to be real! But I refuse to be shocked by them, unless you’re also shocked by climate scientist Ben Santer saying something in private to another climate guy!
5. Threats? What threats? What are you talking about? We’re talking about ice ages here man!
6. Ice age! Ice age! I’m adult! You’re kids! I’m adult! You’re kids! I’m adult! You’re kids! Kids! Kids! Kids! Kids! Kids! Kids! Kids! Ooh, look, I’m so mature, you’re so immature!
7. Rape threats? What rape threats?
8. I refuse to take a strong stand against death and rape threats against climate folks, and I refuse to find ways to stop such threats! Anyone who wants me to take a strong stand against such threats is obviously himself a closet supporter of child rapists!
9. Rape threats? What rape threats?
10. Oi, moderator! Please stop these people from saying I support child rape! I feel so offended!
11. Your summary of my points makes no sense!
12. Boo-hoo! Why can’t we respect one another and have a proper discussion? I’m asking an honest question! Honestly!
13. Ooh, look, I can hurl abuse too!
14. Not only that, I can get one of my pals to call himself “Jesus H. Christ, Almighty” and hurl abuse!
15. Rape threats? What rape threats?
16. Argh, how dare you use my non-condemnation of child rape as a rhetorical stick to whack me with!
17. Well, technically I’m not actually defending child rape…
18. Go to 1.

Who’s willing to bet that GSW hasn’t sent off emails like this himself?

Anyone?

> Nobody has defended paedos.

Yes you have, in just the way that “She was asking for it” defends rapists. Such ignorant louts as them and yourself want to make out that the crime isn’t really one and maybe we shouldn’t check. They’re all willing to *say* they’re against rape. But when a case comes up on it, they’re all “Well, they’re making it up to get sympathy” or “Just trying to ruin a good man’s name”.

1. Where’s the evidence that climate folks are getting death and rape threats?
2. If it’s true, it’ll be shocking! But where’s the evidence?
3. Yeah, I know the Daily Telegraph published a counterfactual story downplaying the threats. Therefore it’s very possible the threats are false!
4. Yeah, the threats seem to be real! But I refuse to be shocked by them, unless you’re also shocked by climate scientist Ben Santer saying something in private to another climate guy!
5. Threats? What threats? What are you talking about? We’re talking about ice ages here man!
6. Ooh, I can hurl insults! Look, I’m such a mature adult, unlike you immature kids!
7. Anyone who wants me to take a strong stand against such threats is obviously himself a closet supporter of child rapists!
8. I’m so offended by the suggestion that I support child rape! Can’t you clearly see my strong opposition to threats of child rape?
9. Repeat one of the above ‘arguments’ at random.
10. Go to 9.

“The poor petals—abusive emails! As I understand it, the scientists have tonight left their steel and concrete bunkers to emerge through the death threats and abusive emails to tell politicians that the campaign being run against scientific evidence of man-made climate change “is undermining the nation-building work of all scientists”. etc